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DATE <br />70 <br />fROM <br />April 16, 1980 <br />Public Works and RPCrea4ion c mittee <br />SUBJECT: <br />Margaret Thorpe <br />j1 <br />Executive Assistaryt j , , i' <br />Planning 5 Deveto me t <br />Lakeside Park and B2ach <br />Following your request at the March 17, 1980 Committee meeting, I <br />have revizwed the request of the Parks and Recreatton Department to <br />develop the appropriate legal basis under which the County Nould <br />assume full responsibil9ty for Lakeside Park and i:each facility". <br />On March 28, Tony Lrea, Bernie Edmonds, Jim Kavaloski and I went to <br />the Park and inspected the facilities. We atso met with members of <br />the Lakeside Park Cammission, the Mounds View City Council, the <br />SprSng Lake Park City Councit, and the Director of the Mounds View <br />Parks and Recreation Department. In addition, i sought additional <br />information and clarification about the Park and the requesi for <br />Ramsey County to assume responsibility for it fran a variety of <br />sources. <br />t.+. <br />This review indicates that the decision as to whether or not Ramsey <br />County should assume responsibility for Lakeside Park and Beach remains <br />a policy judgment, which oniy the members of the Board can make. The <br />fnformaiion originally presented by the Department is substantiatly <br />correet. Ramsey County must weigh its responsibility to provide <br />appropriate services to its cltizens against its resportsiDility to <br />manage the sSZe and cost of those services. The Department's infor- <br />mation, along wfth the additional informatton I have obtained, reveals <br />no ma or reasons for not assuming responsibiliiy for the Park other <br />than that of increased County program costs. <br />Rrt*a rer+s:ak <br />In response to several questions raised at the March 17 meettn9, I vrould <br />offer the follrnring addiNonal informetton and analysis wMeh msy assist <br />you in raching a declsicn. Also attached is a memorandun fran the <br />Direeior of the Mounds View Varks and Reereatto Dep rt ne t, out11 1 <br />his reasons for proposing that the County assume responsibillty Ior the <br />Park.